Bupa Cromwell Hospital

The Bupa Cromwell Hospital is a private sector hospital located in the South Kensington area of London. The hospital was founded on 29 April 1981 by Pakistani banker and philanthropist Agha Hasan Abedi and has at various times been owned by the Bank of Credit & Commerce International and the Abu Dhabi royal family. It was announced in 2008 that the hospital had been bought by the private health and care specialist Bupa and renamed as the "Bupa Cromwell Hospital". Bupa have devoted marketing effort towards positioning the hospital as a health destination for patients from the Middle East. & #60;ref name=pallot2008 /As of 2011, it is reported that almost half of the hospital's patients were from the Middle East. In 2015 about 40% of its earnings came from overseas patients. Famous patientsIn 1987, two Rover SD1s of the Metropolitan Police Service transported a liver transplant from London Stansted Airport to the hospital, completing the 27 mile journey in under 30 minutes. The journey quickly became famous, and has been nicknamed the Liver Run. The former footballer and alcoholic George Best spent his final days in Cromwell Hospital, where he repeatedly received treatment for his medical problems, including liver transplantation.

The Bupa Cromwell Hospital is a private sector hospital located in the South Kensington area of London. The hospital was founded on 29 April 1981 by Pakistani banker and philanthropist Agha Hasan Abedi and has at various times been owned by the Bank of Credit & Commerce International and the Abu Dhabi royal family. It was announced in 2008 that the hospital had been bought by the private health and care specialist Bupa and renamed as the "Bupa Cromwell Hospital". Bupa have devoted marketing effort towards positioning the hospital as a health destination for patients from the Middle East. & #60;ref name=pallot2008 /As of 2011, it is reported that almost half of the hospital's patients were from the Middle East. In 2015 about 40% of its earnings came from overseas patients. Famous patientsIn 1987, two Rover SD1s of the Metropolitan Police Service transported a liver transplant from London Stansted Airport to the hospital, completing the 27 mile journey in under 30 minutes. The journey quickly became famous, and has been nicknamed the Liver Run. The former footballer and alcoholic George Best spent his final days in Cromwell Hospital, where he repeatedly received treatment for his medical problems, including liver transplantation.